# N9643F: 1972 Hughes 269C, registration cancelled 2018-02-15

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 15, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported, canceled
- Airframe: [Hughes 269C](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (registry code 4470504)
- Engine: [Lycoming HIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (registry code 41524)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 4H12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4H12), [TCDS 1E10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1E10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 1200076
- Year built: 1972
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: July 26, 1993
- Last registry action: August 7, 2014
- Mode S code: AD6DC9
- Location: [Erie, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Erie)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 40.0541° N, 105.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 80516, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9643F
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9643F
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9643F-2018-02-15

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Hughes 269C: https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c.md

## NTSB investigations (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN03FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03FA090), May 28, 2003: Hughes 269C (N9643F), Watkins, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: failure of both pilots to initiate a timely recovery from a practice autorotation. A contributing factor was the instructor's inadequate supervision of the pilot receiving instruction.
- [NTSB SEA81FYM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYM07), Aug 31, 1980: Hughes 269C (N9643F), Pilot Rock, OR, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20030528010329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030528010329A), May 28, 2003: Hughes 269C (N9643F), Denver, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On may 28, 2003 at approximately 0900 a helicopter was observed flying a pattern that a.m. in what was termed training for a "helicopter commercial…
- [Accident 19800831057799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800831057799A), Aug 31, 1980: Hughes 269C (N9643F), Pilot Rock, OR, Substantial damage. Engine quit made emergency landing, rolled backwards on impact. Found sleeping bag, tied on outside caught v belts.

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